title: Proliferative properties of unfractionated, purified, and single cell human progenitor populations stimulated by recombinant human interleukin-3.
abstract: In this report, the biological properties of human recombinant interleukin-3 (rhIL-3) were studied. We investigated the range of unfractionated, purified and single cell human progenitors responsive to IL-3; compared the colony types observed with those obtained in the presence of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or granulocyte-CSF (G-CSF). The results show that IL-3 directly stimulates the formation of colonies derived from eosinophil and, to a lesser degree, granulocyte and macrophage progenitors. In combination with erythropoietin, it supports the development of erythroid and mixed-erythroid colonies. Furthermore, the data show that IL-3 is a more potent stimulus for both erythroid and eosinophil progenitors than GM-CSF. Interleukin-3 stimulates the formation of both compact and dispersed colonies derived from eosinophil progenitors, whereas GM-CSF stimulates the formation of only the compact type. We conclude that some of the proliferative effects of IL-3 observed on unfractionated and semipurified bone marrow populations are indirect and most likely involve accessory cell interactions.
authors.affiliation: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kannourakis
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002469:Cell Separation; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D007377:Interleukin-3; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin